Media’s GDP Reports Grossly Unproductive

Noel Sheppard
It turns out that media coverage of the nation’s economic growth can vary a lot depending on how strong or weak the economy is doing. Strong numbers are downplayed or undermined and weak numbers like the fourth-quarter results are highlighted in some of the major media.The Commerce Department released the fourth-quarter Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) January 27, and the 1.1 percent growth was…
 

Harry Smith Paddles Dan Bartlett And Coddles Ted Kennedy In Speech Pre

Michael Rule
 

CBS Whitewashes the Carter Record In "Sunday Morning" Interview

Michael Rule
 

Charlie Gibson's SOTU Suggestion to Prez: "Admit Things are Really Bad

Mark Finkelstein
 

Reuters Reporter Downplays Record Home-Sales Results

Tom Blumer
 

Media Walk the Plank Over Pink Slips, But Economy Sailed To 2 Million

Ken Shepherd
 

Mining for Fines: Anderson Cooper Pushes W.V. Governor for Regulation

Ken Shepherd
 

Nets Ignore High Co$t of Union Labor, Ford's Generous Severance Packag

Ken Shepherd
 

Iraqi and Afghan People Optimistic About Their Economies

Tom Blumer
 

The NYT and the Strong Economy: Another “Yes, But

Clay Waters
 

Belafonte, Obama Cry For The Poor, But Live High on the Real-Estate Ho

Tim Graham
 

CNN Spends 2005 Telling People They’re Going Backwards

Noel Sheppard
 

In the NYT, More Good Economic News, “But

Clay Waters
 

AP's Jennifer Loven Spins Bush Speech as an "Attack" Only on Democrats

Tom Blumer
Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press is one of AP's regular reporters covering Mr. Bush and The White House. She also has an obvious conflict of interest, as her husband, Roger Ballentine, was a senior adviser to John Kerry on energy and environmental issues during the 2004 presidential campaign. Ballentine is currently president of Green Strategies, Inc., an environmental consulting and…